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One York County polling place will be divided in the 2018 primary

The York County Planning Commission created this map to help York Township voters see which district they are in. (Photo: York County Planning Commission)

(Undated) -- If you show up to one York County polling place on May 15, you might see Scott Perry on the ballot as your Republican choice for Congress.

Your neighbors, meanwhile, might show up to that same polling place and see two other Republican candidates for Congress: Lloyd Smucker and Chet Beiler.

Confused? If you live in York Township, you might be.

But the head of York County's elections office hopes to limit the confusion.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court split York County into two congressional districts after the court ruled the old map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. One municipality in York County is also split into two districts: York Township.

And on May 15, the Golden Connections Community Center will host voters from both the 10th and 11th districts.

This is the first time in at least several decades that York County is not unified in one congressional district.

ikki Suchanic, the county's director of elections and voter registration, said she spoke with colleagues in other counties who had experience with split congressional districts.

Suchanic said keeping all voters at the same polling place should help avoid confusion.

"You don't have to redirect someone to a whole new location," Suchanic said.

She said poll workers will have a list of the registered voters and which district they are in, so that they can direct the voters.

And if you are a York Township voter and the Golden Connections Community Center doesn't sound familiar, don't worry. It used to be called the Red Lion Area Senior Center. It is where voters in Precinct 3 of Ward 5 in York Township will go.

Why was York County split?

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court didn't provide an explanation.

Overall, the map splits fewer counties than the previous one. Counties in the Philadelphia suburbs are more unified than they were before.

Lancaster County went from having two districts to being covered by one. Dauphin County went from being covered by three districts to being covered by one.

About the 10th Congressional District

The 10th Congressional District (Photo: Submitted)

The 10th Congressional District includes the following municipalities in York County:

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